Political Quotes · Page 173

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

— George Soros

Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is.

— George W. Bush

A world united is better than a world divided, but a world divided is better than a world destroyed.

— Winston Churchill

It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get…

— Dennis Hastert

Never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than…

— Marco Rubio

“The claim to equality, outside the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way…

— Anonymous

The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial and political differences of opinion.

— Napoleon Hill

I often say that I inherited the family's recessive gene for adult-onset political activism.

— Bill Foster

I don't know in my long life that I ever worked with anybody that has quite the combination of policy knowledge and…

— William J. Clinton

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a…

— Frederick Pollock

So much of democracy is built on antagonism. It institutionalizes a certain kind of antagonism. This is not to say that we…

— Pankaj Mishra

For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian & German political degradations which would envelop the globe &…

— Mark Twain

In every capitalist economy there are anti-capitalist movements, activists, and even political parties; in a way, that there are no longer anti-democratic…

— Geoff Mulgan

The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables.…

— Ludwig von Mises

For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the…

— Emma Watson

No political party can possibly lead a great revolutionary movement to victory unless it possesses revolutionary theory and knowledge of history and…

— Mao Zedong

The Soviet transition to a new political structure shows that the Soviet strategists are thinking, planning and acting in broad terms, way…

— Anatoliy Golitsyn

To ignore [the] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic'…

— Mary Ritter Beard

To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys……

— Jedidiah Morse

Latin America is now exploring new and often promising paths in rejecting the doctrinal notions of "globalization," and also in the remarkable…

— Noam Chomsky

I'm not political in the sense of activity. My activity, I guess, are the films. I can't really say if I'm worried…

— Eran Riklis

For a long time I felt that FDR had developed many thoughts and ideas that were his own to benefit this country,…

— Curtis Bean Dall

One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early…

— Noam Chomsky

Fate handed Barack Obama the best of all political gifts - a dyspeptic, surly, spiteful opposition on the one hand and very…

— Bill Moyers

I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

— K'naan

If I represent the world as it is as harmonious, that's a political position.

— Aleksandar Hemon

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

— Jeff Flake

Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax…

— Ronald Reagan

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after…

— Edmund Wilson

It is a tremendous sacrifice to run for political office in America today.

— Roger Ailes

Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your…

— Serj Tankian

The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.

— Barack Obama

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear…

— Paul Wolfowitz

I think that Rahm Emanuel's political career is going to be very difficult to revive after the mismanagement.

— Joy-Ann Reid

For far too long, the abortion debate has been about political advocacy, not ideas.

— Norah Vincent

I have no political weight, and I haven't earned the right to launch some kind of political programme or stand as a…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Dogmatic ideological parties tend to splinter the political and social fabric of a nation.

— George W. Romney

Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues.

— Assata Shakur

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

— George H. W. Bush

Football coaches aren't the most diverse group, which may help explain their political similarities.

— Steve Kornacki